After much anticipation and a delay that felt longer than it was, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi finally made his India debut on Saturday, becoming the youngest player to represent the country in international cricket when he took the field in the second T20I against England at Old Trafford in Manchester.The 15-year-old from Samastipur district of Bihar broke a record that had belonged to Sachin Tendulkar for almost 37 years. Tendulkar made his India debut at 16 years and 205 days. Sooryavanshi did at 15 years and 99 days.The similarities start and end with their age.Between Tendulkar’s debut in Karachi and Sooryavanshi’s first appearance for India in Manchester lies the story of how Indian cricket – and the world around it – has changed.READ ALSO: Bethell breaks Indian hearts on Sooryavanshi’s historic debut; England take a 1-0 lead Tendulkar came up with a game built on defense and timing, shaped by Mumbai’s batting tradition. Sooryavanshi grew up in the T20 era, where attacking from the first ball is the norm and the expectation. The stage around them couldn’t be more different.When Tendulkar made his debut against Pakistan in Karachi in November 1989, television viewers in India watched grainy pictures on Television. Sooryavanshi’s every move was tracked by high-definition cameras from the moment he landed in England.Tendulkar made his debut against an attack featuring Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Abdul Qadir.The world outside cricket was also different.The Berlin Wall was still standing. The Soviet Union still exists. Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India and resigned only after the Lok Sabha elections a few weeks later. Economic liberalization under Manmohan Singh was still more than a year away.Tendulkar belongs to the age of floppy disks. Sooryavanshi belongs to a generation growing up with Artificial Intelligence.Indian cricket has changed like that.When Tendulkar debuted, India was still building its place in world cricket. Over the next three decades, the game became one of the country’s biggest sports industries, with Tendulkar at the center of much of that growth. Sooryavanshi entered an Indian team built in the years that followed.Not since Tendulkar has a teenage cricketer come with this level of attention. Ever since landing in England, Sooryavanshi has been surrounded by selfie-seeking fans.The biggest difference, however, is how fame works now.During Tendulkar’s debut, the internet was not a part of everyday life in India. Today, almost everyone carries a smartphone. Every moment is photographed, recorded and shared instantly. The line between public figure and public property has become thinner.Sooryavanshi’s India journey has just begun, but the path he is walking is very different from the one Tendulkar first took in 1989.